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| kashiranuki 頭貫 | ||||||
| KEY WORD : architecture / general terms | ||||||
|  Horizontal head penetrating tie beams that are connected 
to the tops of pillars to make them secure. These tie beams may be inserted through 
the tops of pillars or set into carved-out trough-like sections on top of the 
pillars. They do not project outward beyond the corners. Both methods were used 
in early architecture, but by the mid-13c, with the introduction of new ways of 
building from China, head penetrating tie beams began to project outward on both 
sides of the corner pillars. | 
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        *daiwa 台輪 b) kashiranuki 頭貫  
      Yuutenji Amidadou 祐天寺阿弥陀堂 (Tokyo)  | 
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| *nuki 貫, *kouryougata-no-kashiranuki 虹梁形頭貫 | ||||||
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